The New Paper, 10 December 1998

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Total Pages: 57
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    7 1 the new paper THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1998
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      45 1 TyDEC V\. '.-> First batch of Philips workers told this morning. But help was on hand /Page 14 ©Citizen Vain Suharto James '> MITA (P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS A|., 11 j i ht,p://newpaper.asial com.sg quality publication of Singapore PrOSS Holdings 11 I 8 I. 1 v'-• -v. > -■>'.
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon THE DAY Citizen Suharto stopped traffic
      702 2  -  REPORTS CRISPINA ROBERT IN JAKARTA FIRST, there were truckloads of police and military men. And then, the two main roads in the heart of Jakarta's business district were closed off. Add to that the regular noise of a helicopter circling the air. But the
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      'I'm prepared to give information'
      366 2 THE press waited for Mr Suharto for four hours while he was questioned by investigators at the district office. When he finally came out, Mr Suharto obliged them with a five-minute address. He didn't look tired. He smiled as he said he was prepared to
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      NATIONAL CAR
      247 2 A national car. Charity foundations that help the poor. They once reflected Mr Suharto's grip over Indonesia WHEN the Timor was launched by HBSiK] then-president Suharto in February 1996, it was touted as a national car 9 that would symbolise iLfft T Indonesia's coming of age. But on
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      Lock icon FOUNDATIONS
      197 2 Source: Wire services. THE elderly and orphans living in state-run homes. Poor people in need of medical help. For many years, thousands of the less fortunate in Indonesia had benefited from the money handed to them by foundations headed by, or linked to, former president Suharto. Until last month,
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    Lock icon SINGAPORETODAY The DIY couple
    566 3 r New^ O[D W Ever noticed that there's a different shade of grey around J That the people who are ageing, or already old, are reiy different from the frail and dependent oldies of the past, who just stumbled into retirement. CRISPIN A ROBERT introduces you
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      131 4 UNWRAP A SURPRISE THIS CHRISTMAS! "The slim body you've always yours for Chnstmas. I know, I lost 161b. in 30 days with a Marie France fast fatloss plus a nutrition plan. 6 inches off my thighs, 4.5 inches off my waist 3.5 inches off my arms and 2.5 inches of
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Less money for your savings
      238 5 Mir SO you have a fixed deposit account with DBS. Let us do the maths for you. If you have $1,000, you now get an interest of about $1.04 a month. Before, you would have got about $2.39. The reason: DBS fixed deposit rates have
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      STI
      14 5 The STI index at 9.15 am was 1451.21 from yesterday's close of 1424.59.
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      Money No Enough actor admits taking drugs
      102 5 I DID IT' The actor who played a loan shark's assistant In the Singapore film Money No Enough admitted in court yesterday that he had taken drugs. But sentencing was deferred to let Lee Han Kwan (above), 41, complete the filming of another
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    • News Break
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        Up 43 per cent
        66 5 LOANS NO thanks partly to the weaker Singapore dollar, the external debt or loans taken out by Singapore companies and households jumped 43 per cent last year. It stood at $15.6 billion at end-97, up from $10.9 billion at end-1996. (The government has had no external
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        Price cuts
        66 5 PETROL PUMP prices have been cut again by 2 cents a litre. This is the second round of cuts by EBso, BP, Shell, Caltex and Mobil after the Government lowered the petrol duty and removed the diesel duty. Shell Singapore said, in the light of the tough economic
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        Refund time
        54 5 BUS THE Leon Lai concert at Sun tec City was cancelled more than three months ago, yet few ticket-holders had obtained refunds. Many complained to the Consumers Association of Singapore and the Small Claims Tribunal. Yesterday, sponsor Hutchison IntraPage said it would make arrangements with ticket-holders M as
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        Moving up
        58 5 COE CERTIFICATES of entitlement (COEs) have risen across the board, but especially for big and luxury cars. Premiums in most cases are at a six-month high. Category 4 COEs for cars such as BMW 7-series, Jaguars and Mercedes-Benz S-class rose by $7,198 to nearly $40,000. It put on
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        world Head liners
        44 5 South China Morning Pott 20,000 jobless to be put to work New Straits Timet: Impeachement move allowed Ututan Malaysia: High court allows Impeachement proceedings BBC newt: The British Home secretary announced that extradiction proceedings can go ahead on Chilean General Pinochet
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      DOW JONES
      26 5 The Dow Jones industrial average was down 18.79 points at 9,009.19 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 696 million shares.
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      A burning issue
      178 6 '2 IT is a simple improvement that can take the deadly tears out of cooking for rural women in India. The addition of a pipe-like concrete chimney to the traditional indoor mud stove channels smoke out of the home, reports the International Herald Tribune. Otherwise, the poisonous,
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      Overseas no-go
      56 6 B^9 THE curb could be on for Indonesian students wanting to study abroad. Indonesian President B J Habibie wants a study on banning them from seeking a pre-college overseas education. Dr Habibie's reason: To prevent a weakening of the spirit of nationalism among school-age children. Dr Habibie and
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      $1m party
      59 6 NEW YEAR'S EVE SUNTEC City is hosting a $1 million New Year's Eve street party to attract 20,000 revellers. It will be the first "countdown" event to have Singapore Tourism Board support. The party, which will feature parades, pyrotechnics and 100 artistes, is seen as a practice run
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      local Head liners
      46 6 The Straits Times: White House makes its case before panel The Business Times: DBS slashes its prime by half-point to 0.5% Uanhe Zaobao: Suharto being questioned for four hours Berita Harian: Indonesian students, soldiers clash again RCS morning news: Philips laying off 750
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      A common fear
      63 6 RETRENCHMENT HALF of 1,223 Singaporean workers said in a survey that they worried about losing their jobs. But most almost 60 per cent told Watson Wyatt they believed their companies would provide job security for good performers. The firm's survey of some 320 companies in Singapore show
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      Fake permits
      66 6 BSIS A MAN believed to be the boss of a syndicate making fake work permits has been arrested. The man, 48, believed to be an illegal immigrant himself, was caught red-handed on Tuesday. He was about to sell fake permits to two Bangladeshis, police said. The police seized
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      WHAT'S HUP
      4 6 Tongue Clfeek
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      Quote worthy
      73 6 If men'* magazines get much dumber they H be almost as dumb as most women's magazines. Journalist Peter Carlson on the tremendous impact of men's magazine Maxim in the US. It has things like advice on how to get rid of Christmas carollers, how to steal yourfriend's girl
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      27 6 f with me everyday on I December 10,11,12 ft 13 I \w at 11.30 am, 3.30 pm J O 5 HC^rfwohTaMMrk l Syria! HnrM to DmMi Liidy
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      35 6 MMta] TolWret Calls costs 30 cents a mmute @M Matters oI the heart INMI2M7 Spnkllp Your forum SarMrWtjiT Invaluable lessons MM 111 Teens' forum INMIHNI lltfUN Legal advice IM-*****14 Calls cost 50 cents a mrwe
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      He stops, vomits then faints
      379 7  -  WAKEBOARPER DIES By Melvin Singh HE stopped dead in the water swam to his boat and threw up. Minutes later, he fainted. Wakeboarder Teddy Yong Sing Yiong didn't recover. He died hours later in hospital. He had been wakeboarding a sport rather like water-skiing on
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      HEADACHES
      85 7 HEADACHES had plagued him since he was 16. Once, it kept him in hospital for a week. Yet doctors never found anything wrong with Mr Teddy Yong Sing Yionghim. So Mr Yong kept to his active lifestyle. The former Raffles Junior College student was captain of the basketball team,
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      THIS IS WAKEBOARDING
      30 7 WATER SPORT: Wakeboarding is a sport rather like water-skiing, where the wakeboarder is pulled behlnda speed-boat on a single board. This file picture shows a wakeboarder tricking.
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      135 7 ft jf The Singapore International Bike Cycle Show] s I Over 50,000 square feet of exhibition space More than 30,000 people expected < FJ Benjamin's "Side Watch/California Fitness" Demonstration Autograph-signing by Castrol Honda's Aaron Slight, winner of the 1998 World Superbike J double victory at Misano, Italy <_International Stunt Shows
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      One last time
      64 9 m u i* m ut< Singapore bowler Grata Young h calling ft quits after the Asian I don't want my fingers to be disabled for the rest of my life, which the doctor says could happen if I continue to bowl competitively... But before I retire from
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      Take one home
      224 9  -  and help a sick friend By Tanya Fong THESE little dolls (above) decked in their multi-coloured costumes are more than just a little girl's best friend. Soft and cuddly, some of them make great Christmas gifts. Even better, the money raised from the sale of each doll
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      WE'RE LOOKING FOR A CHARITY
      108 9 IS your charity in need of money or publicity to raise awareness for your cause? If so, we would like to help. The New Paper is now looking for a charity to adopt for next year. If you wish to be considered, let us know.
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      154 9 Celebrate this festive season and book one of our Superior Rooms for just $168 per room per night. What's more, you'll also receive $50 worth of F&B credit and a complimentary half bottle of Champagne, to add sparkle to your celebration Valid any day until 28 February 1999. Special benefits
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  • ON THE JOB WHERE TO LOOK WHAT TO ASK FOR HOW TO COPE
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      NET that job on the Web
      437 11  -  BY Yvonne Lim A MESSAGE from cyberspace: "Firm in Kallang has vacancy for administrative assistant in HR department, familiar with MSWord, salary $1,400..." From clerical to IT, professional, technical and part-time tutoring posts, all sorts of jobs are out there on the Internet. More
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      Job surfing: Get it right
      204 11 DO surf the Net for information on your prospective company. DO be brief and to the point in your application. Attach your resume. DO prove your creativity if you're applying for, say, an advertising or webpage-design job. Set up your own page and prompt employers
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      NEED HELP?
      53 11 If you have the job blues or questions about job-hunting, write in and we'll try to get counsellors to help. You can even help someone else by sharing your own experience. WRITE TO: On The Job,The New Paper, 390, Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5 f-AII' 1800-*****5 FAX: 737-5375
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      SOME SITES TO CHECK OUT
      67 11 HTTP-y/SfTES Adecco Personnel Pte Ltd (www.adecco-asia.com) Business Trends Personnel Consulting (www.businesstrends.com.sg, or www. bticonsultants .com) Infomap (infomap.nmi.net.sg/infomap/ employment/index.html) CareerMosaic Asia (www.careerasia.com.sg/index.html) Singapore Civil Sen/ice (www.gov.sg/career/) NEWSGROUPS sg.jobs.offer, us.jobs.offered, comp.jobs.offered ON-LINE TRAINING Informatics Holdings (www.lnformTutor.com). IT training courses for adults. Some, such as Windows 98, are
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      397 11 Q- Where can you go to eat after the midnight movie? A- Oscar's, now open 24 hours a day. mm Conrad International Centennial Singapore Two Temasek Boulevard, MB Tel: (65) 334 8888 Fax: 333 9166 E-mail: conradsgOmbox4 jingnet com jg "In our opinion, The One Academy is just as good
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      232 11 I Single or double occupancy in our newly renovated Rooms Buffet breakfast for two persons Complimentary shuttle service to Orchard Road Complimentary tea coffee making facilities Electronic room safe Hairdryer in the bathroom Singaporeans, Permanent Residents and Malaysians only For reservations, please call: 350 4406 (office hours) 250 3322 (24
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      750 RETRENCHED But help is on hand
      222 12  -  By Michelle Ang LEARN new skills, or risk joblessness if you have no new skills. Ministers, unionists and employers have been pushing this line so often that many workers must have asked: So what is new? The new thing is that 750 workers
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      Lock icon She worked there for 20 years
      419 12 IT was like a second home to Ms Ling, 38. For 20 years, the QC inspector had been going to work at Philips Singapore. It was her first job. This morning, as she sat in the Singapore Labour Foundation building going through some forms,
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      Two look forward to change
      176 12 FOR another worker, the lay-off means more time with her two children. Ms Lee, 26, an operator from Johor, will be receiving five months' salary in retrenchment benefits. She heard about the retrenchment two weeks ago. Her husband said: "Good! now you can stay at
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      WHAT PHILIPS SAYS
      156 12 THIS realignment of operations involves some relocation of production load for communications, audio and TV products to other manufacturing centres in China, Eastern Europe and Mexico. The economic downturn in key markets such as Asia, coupled with a slowing demand from Europe, has also contributed to volume
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      Lock icon My duck, the champ
      246 13 It was nothing more than a plastie duck. THE Great Singapore Duck Race, held two weeks ago, became the great Singapore windfall for one person. Madam Agnes Liaw, 32, a hair consultant with a hair care centre, became $10,000 richer. The blue-beaked duck that sailed ahead
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      $450,000 RAISED
      95 13 THE Singapore Red Cross Society raised $450,000 from the Great Singapore Duck Race which was held on Nov 22 on the Singapore River. The ducks were sold for "adoption" at $10 each. The money will go to the Red Cross' Home for the Disabled and the rest to
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      269 14 WISMA ATRIA r vo msnmn P^ r*M& <>og tags in heart, slipper or wing designs cafd' Awf/ wait shoppers. Be Ihe first 12 shoppers daily to spend purchases at Wisma Mria, you wffl be *1 Bu'. a minimum of $80' at Wisma Atria and receive an rewarded with these kwurious
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    What can I do?
    290 15 CPF 1 4 w you NO HOME PROTECTION SINGAPORETODAY From Jan 1, employers' CPF contributions will be cut by 10 percentage points, for up to two years. The Government has announced measures to help homeowners whose mortgage payments may be affected. QI BOUGHT a four-room flat
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      103 15 "SVPRRB" pi OMnatcmi LiHSSBIB commenorate our retail showroom's first anniversary, we have specially imported SUP j RB f 11 0 per can. 4^^ Besides this, there are other items on sale. So hurry down to our retail showroom, *p House of Premium Food, which is conveniently in town. I<^ MERE!
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      48 15 ATR I A p v v I y AftlllOll vOINMCtIOAS wtotfCßi l^iT^C) 5 I K E- Acapella singers delight with a repertoire of >X^^H i I V 7 n 91 tA 1 "V K (.'fit B*y^BS AUia SfK>poo(i Cent's. 435 Orchard Rood. Wtsmw Atna. *****7. W: 230 '^tt^ssB#|||fis2|BMltt^^l
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  • SPEAKUP
    • SPEAK UP YOUR FORUM
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        Pay more, Silk Air
        243 16 Angry and grieving families at the memorial for Silk Air MI 185 victims on Dec 6, criticised Silk Air over the amount of compensation it had offered them. The amount, U5525,000 to U5575,000, depended on factors such as lost earnings. Readers react JL (e-mail): I WAS
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        Kudos to principal
        161 16 LeeYT: I APPLAUD the Naval Base Secondary School principal for her tough stand that students turn up in school uniform to collect their GCE N level results. Your tone in the report seems to condone the students' blatant disregard of the school's rules. Every student should be
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      314 16 From tho organizer of the legendary "Made In Indonesia", we Invito you to celebrate Christmas, Mow Year, Hart Raya Puasa and Chinese New Year IBs Bill I■■ II World Trade Centre Hall 3; 9 -13 December 1998 Open daily: 10.00 AM -10.00 PM; WbBsKUP Saturday Sunday: 10.00 AM -11.00 PM
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      175 17 Things happen fast in the Navy. Join as a Naval Systems Specialist (NSS) and you'll rise through the ranks quicker than you think. With an attractive salary and benefits to match. If you want to further your studies, you can apply for our SAF-ITE Sponsorship Scheme or our Joint Polytechnic-SAF
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Can you help Boy-Boy?
      130 18 ITS that time of the year again and Boy-Boy's in a fix: He needs to know what Kong Kong wants for Christmas. If you can help him determine Kong Kong's Christmas wish in our cartoon strip tomorrow and Saturday, you stand to win holiday prizes. You
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      Join our Xmas party!
      235 18 LET The New Paper give you your wildest party this year. There will be freebies and fun galore at The New Paper Xmas party at the Vogue Disco Pub and Wine Bar from 7 pm to 9 pm. We are giving out 500 tickets to TNP
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      THE PARTY
      31 18 WHERE: Vogue Disco Pub and Wine Bar 7, Magazine Road, Central Mall WHEN: Dec 25 7 9 pm Co-organised by Vogue Disco Pub and Wine Bar, and MTV Clothes.
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      244 18 THE LAGI PENGSAN PACKAGE AT CONCORDE HOTEL KL. (MORE THAN YOU EXPECT.) Jfc oe«" ot Forget the Pengsan Package. The real knock-out comes with the Lagi Pengsan Package. Just watch out for our new rates below. You could say it's comfort worth your every sen. So come twice as prepared.
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    Lock icon These bones have a lo-o-n-g story to tell
    512 20 WORLDTODAY Reuters. THE evolution of humankind, no less. That's the history that could be told. Significantly, answers may be provided to one of the biggest questions faced by the Homo sapiens race (that's us, people): Did we really evolve from monkeys? That
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      43 20 free Mnrjgl HiiiiiH Bfli^B Please contict sole aoent: ntH* Mumuapiw "jjET Stationary DlvlHon t fading T»l: *****22 Fax: *****39 4 LUCKY PEOPLE HAVE t DRIVEN AWAY IN ONE Jf OF THESE: JHiu.ll t it J j My Cjth.iv ftuific. 11k Heart ot •Vsi.i.
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      412 21 wmrstfw m mamm m The time to visit Thailand better and more exciting i\ "™f I I I I f\ now. The Amazing than ever. With activities 111 I|| I I |||{A I J Thailand Years 1998 1999 and tours galore, there's *11 IMhI I I I lIWII VA I
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      287 22 f tlje tlotb 1 F strikes 12! B| Saturday, 12 December, 12 noon -12 midnight. >;j^^^^H9PNBB Bp &hop till the Stroke of Midnight at Centrepoint and K you could win a $1,200 shopping spree at Robinsons. r. HK Hf ®S&S I^P Watrli tlw debut of our Christmas play Don V
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Ex-chief minister in new case
      316 23 Bernama. HE'S on trial for not declaring assets again. In May, Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib faced charges of "not declaring" about $1.3 million at customs in 1996 on his way into Australia. But the Australian court found him not guilty. This time, the former
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      CHARGES
      68 23 Muhammad Tat* (above) Is tlmgN wtth not complying with a notice dated April 10 last yoar. K Mm to declare al assets belonging to Mm, Ms wife, children, agents and nomMrn The ACA said be Incorrectly declared last year he owned assets worth Mslo.B mHHon ($4.64 million) and A
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      ... And we mean co-operate
      53 23 And we mean co-operate mul'mul' The Indonesian government is eafer to yramote the growth of cooperatives in order to nurture smalaw) medium-sized businesses. But Mr Alex Wreksoromboko, a Jakarta-based researcher, says: The co-operatives are a mess They're organisations run by the state and they're called co-operatives because the members are
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      Lock icon Teens strip-searched in school
      129 24 Reuters. ONE student complained that he was missing Cs9o ($95). And the vice-pnncipal and physical education teacher of the school in Canada went overboard in their quest to catch the culprit. They told the entire class 19 teenage boys to strip. In last week's incident, in
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      Why is military chief Wiranto in the soup?
      256 24 FROM hero to villian. During Indonesia's May riots, Gen Wiranto, who played a key role in persuading then-president Suharto to resign, was seen as the country's saviour. But his reputation came crashing down after "Black Friday, when his troops shot dead at
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      186 23 There are billions of reasons to buy UNICEF greeting cards. Ka. V ffe Tm J L ft JPI Good design and decent paper stock being the least important. We're very proud of our greeting cards. Table Art Decor 1 Claymore Drive, *02-14 Orchard Towers (above Jason Supermarket) They are designed
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      206 25 ADVERTISEMENT Is modem living causing an increase in hair-loss? INCREASING NUMBERS OF MEN AND WOMEN COULD BE LOSING THEIR HAIR DUE TO CHANGES IN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. Ml THE HEALTH OF YOUR HAIR IS A BAROMETER OF YOUR GENERAL OEr HEALTH AND, JUDGING BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SEEKING
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
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      The day I looked Anwar up
      412 26  -  Anwar on trial REPORTS BRIAN MILLER IN June this year, Mr Azizan Abu Bakar went to the Malaysian Finance Ministry to see then-Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim. That day, he did not get to meet Anwar. Disappointed, he went to Anwar's house that night, where
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      YESTERDAY IN COURT
      103 26 A MEETING between key witness Azizan Abu Bakar and Anwar Ibrahim over a government contract was one of the highlights in court yesterday. And Anwar's lawyers scored a point in the sex and corruption trial. The judge agreed to consider throwing out the testimony of the former
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      Lock icon Did Azizan lie under oath?
      193 26 THE announcement came at 3.15 pm. Anwar Ibrahim's lawyer, Mr Gurbachan Singh, stood before Justice Augustine Paul and said: "We would like to make an application to proceed with the impeachment of this witness, Mr Azizan." In essence, it means that Anwar's lawyers are going
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      WHAT IMPEACHMENT MEANS
      89 26 THIS is a court proceeding that examines a witness' reliability. The witness' evidence in court is compared with his previous oral or written statement, and the judge will decide if there is any contradiction. If there is, the witness will be asked to explain. Meanwhile, he will
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      CALL US
      38 26 Impeachment proceedings against Mr Azizan Abu Bakar, a key prosecution witness, began this morning. The New Paper Infoline, 1900-914-0002, will bring you updates on the court case from 1 pm. Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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    449 28 13TH ASIAN GAMES (DEC 6DEC 20, BANGKOK) sports With more than 60,000 fans packing the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok last Sunday, Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej formally opened the 13th Asian Games and declared it a festival of "unity and togetherness". And judging by the
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      564 30  -  BY Yong Siew Fern ITS a side of James Lye you don't get to see much. And we are not talking about the back... of his neck! See, the former VR Man is starring in a new Channel 8 serial Season of Love which starts next Tuesday.
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      359 31  -  WHAT: SelenaExposed! WHERE: The Cultural Pavilion, Far East Square WHEN: 8 pm, Dec 10 to 13 TICKETS: $15. $25 and $35, from Sistic. Tel: 348-5555. By Edwin Yeo THE first thing that would strike you when you walk into Selena Tan's one-woman show tonight would be
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      275 32  -  By Chan Sect Fun WHAT started as a "whim" has won him a competition. Aravind R Ganesh, 15, started taking veena lessons in primary school after he "saw an artiste playing veena in a video". The veena is a traditional Indian stringed instrument. On Tuesday, he won the
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      68 32 FOR coming tops in the intermediate section of the 1998 National Indian Music Competition, Aravind Ganesh won $600. Violinist R Lavanya, 14, was second and won $400. Puvanan Supermenian won $300. TTie intermediate section is for those aged between 12 and 16. Miss Shangeeta Vigneswaran won the open
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      377 33  -  By] Hazel Tan ANOTHER local Chinese movie is opening soon. And it doesn't star Jack Neo and company. Lucky Numbers, a comedy, stars TV actors Lin Yisheng and Ng Kin Wah. Although waiting for approval from the Films and Publications Department, it's expected to be screened
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    449 38 FROM PAGE 39 CAREER CHOICE What's the strangest job request you've come across? I once had this guy who called me in the wee hours of the morning, saying that he was too drunk to drive home. So I drove down to the pub
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      372 44 Paul Gascoigne, the Middlesbrough and former England midfielder, seems to be a reformed man after his treatment for alcohol abuse and depression, says JEFFREY LOW. And most of our readers agree. They also respond to his view that Aston Villa has finally become a championship-winning
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      147 44 PAUL Gascoigne's abusive and drinking problems cost him his last shot on the World Cup stage and effectively ended all hopes of another international appearance. However, the trauma of losing his family must have presented him with a rude awakening. It was brave of Gazza to
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      110 44 I feel that Paul Gascoigne has put his alcoholic and violent past behind him to once again return to his very best on the soccer pitch. He has proven himself by playing a near flawless game against his former side, Newcastle. With his cheeky flicks and accurate passing,
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      It's Aston Villa for the Premiership title
      380 44 YES ASTON Villa's all-English team (except Mark Bosnich) could go all the way this season. When John Gregory arrived, he offloaded foreigners (Dwight Yorke, Fernando Nelson, Sasa Curcic) and signed Alan Thompson, Steve Watson and Dion Dublin. It has a strong backline, enterprising
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      Lock icon Last-minute joy for Chelsea
      815 46 .but there is only miseiy for leader Aston Villa CHELSEA 2 Gianfranco Zola 29th min Tore Andre Flo 90 ASTON VILLA 1 Lee Hendrie 31 Half-time: 1-1 Crowd: 34,765 CHELSEA Ed De Goey, Dan Petrescu, Celestlne Babayaro, Franck Leboeuf, Marcel Desailly, Gianluca Vialli, Michael Duberry, Graeme
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      28 46 unbelievable ability toturn a game round. Chelsea player/manager Gianluca Vialli on last-minute scorer Tore Andre Flo FLO: Came on In the second half as a sub.
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      410 48 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: REAL MADRID 2 SPARTAK MOSCOW 1 Reuters. REAL Madrid knew a win would take it through to the quarter-finals and did so without much problem. A sluggish Spartak Moscow was no match for the Spanish team as it won 2-1 and qualified as the best
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      Refs beat coaches
      168 48  -  BY, Jason Lee AND you thought they just blew the whistle. Well, they play a pretty mean game of soccer, too. That's what the coaches from the Singapore Soccer Coaches Association found out when they took on the men in black from the Football Referees Association of
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      176 48 THE NEW PAPER'S JURONG LIFELINE: The New Paper has set up a Save Jurong Lifeline. Each time you call 1900-*****07, $2.40 will be charged to your phone bill, of which $2 will go to Jurong Football Club. The rest covers administration costs. All callers are eligible for
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      374 49 ...for Man United M Red Devils make it to European Cud quarter-finals ...and hopes rise for Premiership title (Pg 49) EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MANCHESTER UNITED 1 Roy Keane 43 BAYERN MUNICH 1 Hasan Saiihamidzic 56 ItoWn. 1-0 Craw* 54,334 MAN II: Peter Schmeichel, Wesley Brown, Gary Neville, Jaap
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      517 50 How did the Man United plavers fare? LAN BROWN assesses PETER SCHMDCHO: So Giovane Elber reckoned the Dane makes at least one major error a game! How about Schmeichel's terrific tip away off Samuel Osei Kuffoufs blistering 54ttvminute drive.
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      265 50 NITER MILAN 2 STURM GMZ 0 (Javier Zanetti, 64th minute; Roberto Baggio, 80) Reuters. TWO Argentinians combined superbly to set up victory for Inter Milan to top its group and qualify for the quarter-finals. Javier Zanetti scored a stunning goal after a pass from
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      278 50 Wire services. SPANISH giant Barcelona went out of the Champions League, even though it scored a 2-0 win at Brondby. The Danish side, 2-0 down after 34 minutes, missed a second-half penalty. Both sides had already been ruled out of the running for quarter-finals places but
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      404 51 JUVENTUS2 Filippo Inzaghi 16th min Nicola Amoruso 35 ROSENBORGO Half-time: 2-0 Crowd: 10,000 JUVENTUS Angelo Peruzzi Igor Tudor AJessandro Birindelli Paolo Montero Gianluca Pessotto (Edgar Davids 64) Antonio Conte (Angelo Di Livio 88) Didier Deschamps Alessio Tacchinardi Zinedine Zidane Filippo Inzaghi Nicola Amoruso Reuters.
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      Lock icon 'Luck' plays big part
      172 51 Reuters. JUVENTUS finally recorded its first win in Group B. And with it qualification for the European Cup quarter-finals. With Turkey's Galatasaray losing 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao, the points ensured Juventus finished top on goal difference and kept alive its hope of a fourth successive European
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  • 1998 sian GAMES Dec 6-20. BANGKOK YESTERDAY: DAY 4
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      Lock icon Japan tames Godzilla
      517 52  -  JAPAN 2 KUWAITI TV VIEW BY ERNEST LUIS TO the Japanese, Kuwait must have loomed like Godzilla. Like the famous monster which terrorised Japan, Kuwait looked set to tear the young Japanese team apart. Consider these statistics: Kuwait has scored about 50 goals in its last 10
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      Goals, please
      202 52 S KOREA 2 UAE 1 TURKMENISTAN 1 NORTH KOREA I UZBEKISTAN 2 INDIA 0 IS South Korea running dry of goals? After two 2-0 wins over Vietnam last week and Japan on Monday, the signs are certainly there. And the first sign was yesterday's 2-1 win over the
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      Lock icon Protest, protest
      380 53 TAEKWONDO AFP. A THIRD day of protests and uproar exploded at the Asian Games. Yesterday, five Chinese women fighters and coaches staged an 80 minute sit-down protest in the taekwondo arena. This was after a near riot broke out on Tuesday night when police had to protect the
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      First drug scandal
      352 53 WEIGHTUFTING THE first drug scandal of these Asian Games emerged from the weightlifting event yesterday. Jordanian lifter Ayed Jassar Khawaldeh was to be disqualified after testing positive for the banned diuretic triamterene, an Olympic Council of Asia statement said. The OCA said that when Ayed was weighed
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      Excuses, excuses
      412 54  -  SINGAPOREANS IN ACTION By Gerard Wong SINGAPORE'S bowlers ended in the gutter in the Asian Games singles competition yesterday. Not one of them ended in the top 10. What's more, tournament favourites Jack Wong and Jesntine Ho finished 57th and 17th in their respective fields. But national coach
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      Day of mixed fortunes
      168 54  -  SQUASH Stories by/ Ernest Luis OUR women squash players are through to the quarter-flnals. National champion Mah Li Lian who is seeded fourth easily defeated Thailand's Wong Wang Chai 9-1,9-0, 9-0 in less than half an hour. But Delia Lee took a little longer to conquer
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      Still on target
      143 54 YACHTING SINGAPORE'S sailors are still on target for medals. Those who didn't do so well on Tuesday, moved up the ranks, like Roy Tan in the Optimist Boys class and Anthony Kiong in the OK Dinghy. But the International 420 Men's pair of Siew Shaw Her and
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      SWIMMING, HOCKEY
      62 54 In a men's Pool B clash, India beat Singapore 90. In swimming, Cheryl Chong cracked her new personal best time finishing eighth in 4:28.87 in the 400 m freestyle A final. —m'»100m frwrtytt; Fergus Kuek finished third in his heat in 53.35 while Sng Ju Wei was fourth
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      SELECTED RESULTS
      184 54 BASKETBALL Men's prelim rd: Uzbekistan 78 Iran 82; Kyrgyzstan 50 Philippines 91 Women's prelim rd: Pool A: Kazakhstan 79 Thailand 67; China 116 Philippines 40 SEPAKTAKKAW: Men's Pool A: Thailand 3 Cambodia 0; Singapore 2 Brunei 1. Pool B: Malaysia 3 Laos 0 Women's Pool A: Thailand 3
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      TODAY'S ACTION:
      96 54 Men's 400m freestyle final Women's 100m butterfly final Men's 200m breaststroke final Women's 100m breaststroke final Men's 4X100m freestyle relay final BOXING: Individual quarterfinal bouts BOWLING: Men's and women's doubles Men's and women's doubles final JUDO: Men's and women's heavyweight final Men's and women's half heavyweight final RUGBY:
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      SINGAPORE CHALLENGE
      90 54 CANOGNfcK-l 500m —Tan Wen Chian; CYCUWG: 50km Individual time trial John Ong; HOCKEY: Singapore v China; SNOOTING: Trap: Lee Wung Yew, Chng Seng Mok and Kwa Eng Cheong;SQUASH: Women's individual (quarter-finals): Mah U Lian v Christina Mak (Hongkong); Delia Lee v Kuan Choy Lin (Malaysia); SWIMMNG: Men's 400m
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      600 55 SPORTSTODAY EFENDING champions Real Madrid and former winners Juventus, I inter-Miian, Bayem Munich and Manchester United ail qualified for I the quarter-finals of the European Cup yesterday. I They will be joined in next week's draw by Olympiakos Piraeus, I Dynamo Kiev and Kaiserslautem. I I m The Germans were
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